Sunday, April 10, 2011

The resurrection of Umarov

The leader of the separatist guerrilla Russian north Caucasus, Doku Umarov, is alive. So says the daily Kommersant, which denies that the Chechen terrorists died in late March shot by Russian security forces. The newspaper quoted Svoboda radio station, which this week received a call from the separatist leader himself.

Umarov said that, contrary to what the media had reported, was alive and in good health. He also promised a new wave of attacks against Russia. Radio that the newspaper said he spoke with the leader himself was Caucasian and not someone else imitating his voice: "I got off the phone with him on other occasions.

There is no doubt." Moreover, it is the first time that guerrillas Umarov or make contact on their own initiative Svoboda. In late March, it was reported that Umarov was among 17 guerrillas killed in an attack by Russian forces in Ingushetia. However, the actual Federal Security Service (FSB, former KGB) now considered unlikely.

Umarov, one of the historic leaders of the Chechen guerrillas who are still alive, claimed responsibility for suicide attacks against the Moscow metro (March 2010) and Domodedovo Airport (January 2011), which killed 40 and 37 , respectively. 47, was elected in June 2006 head of the Caucasus Emirate, the highest since the Islamist guerrillas in the region.

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